copland



No. 609,500. r

v. I. GOPLAND.

Patented Aug. 23, I898..

CAN OPENING NOZZLE.

(No Model.)

WITNESSES (Application filed June 14, 1898.)

INVENTOH NI'IED STATES- PATIENT OFFICE.

VIRGINIA I. OOPLAND, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

CAN-OPENING NOZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters latent N0. 609,500, dated August 23, 1898. Application filed June 14, 1898. Serial No. 683,407. (N model.)

To all whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VIRGINIA I. OoPLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington,in the District of Columbia, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Gan-Opening Nozzles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention is an improvement in canopening nozzles, and seeks to provide a simple construction by which the tin cans, such as are commonly used for condensed milk and the like, may be opened and the device held in the can to serve as a nozzle for pouring off the contents of the can.

The invention consists in the special construction and combinations of parts,'as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims. 7

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view, and Fig. 2 is a perspective View from the under side, of an opener and nozzle embodying my invention; and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of the cutter. I

The device comprises the body A, of cylindrical form, whose upper end is prolonged and fashioned to form the nozzle B, a suitable lid O, with handle D, being provided as a cover to protect the contents of the can to which the device may be applied.

To the lower end of the body A, I secure the cutter E, which, as shown, is a strip of metal bent into bow shape (see Fig. 3) and has as its center or front edge the depending blade F, which forms the opening-puncture in the can, and at its rear ends the spurs G, which steady and anchor the device in the can.

The cutter E is fitted in and suitably secured to the body A, preferably by means of the rivets 1-1.

As clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the body A fits down over the cutter and projects below the same at points between the steadyspurs G and the opening-blade F, so that a portion of the can will in operation be uncut between the spurs G and the blade F, the former thus having a firm anchorage in the can-top and serving to hold the device steadily in position.

In use the device is pressed firmly against the top of the can, the blade F and spurs G entering the can, and the blade F forming a long curved incision, and the portion of the can-top freed thereby can be bent in to form the opening from which the contents of the can may be poured, the lower edge of the body bearing firmly against the top and the spurs G steadying the device in place.

The device not only serves as an opener and pourer for the can, but also as a cover to protect the contents of the can until all have been used.

Manifestly the device can be used repeatedly, and being easily cleaned furnishes a useful household article.

Having thus described my invention,wl1at I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A can-opener and nozzle comprising the body havinga nozzle,and the cutter secured to the body and having a blade and steady-spurs spaced apart from the blade by a curve between them, the body passing down over the curve and thereby operating to prevent the cutting of the can between the blade and spurs substantially as set forth.

2. The herein-described can-opener and nozzle consisting of the cylindrical body hav= ing a nozzle and the cutter consisting of a plate having at its center or front portion the depending blade and at its ends the steadyspurs and curved upward between said spurs and blade, such cutter being fitted and held within the body and the latter extending down over the curve between the blade and spurs whereby to prevent the cutting of the can be tween such parts, and the lower edge of the body forming a shoulder to rest upon the can all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

VIRGINIA I. COPLAND. Witnesses:

WM. H. DE LACY, EDWARD M. DAWSON. 

